Twenty‑First Annual Environmental Ethics Conference:

Public Health and the Environment

Utah Valley State College

April 1 & 2, 2008

April 1:

Session 1

"Water Quality and Community Health in Utah County"
Jim Callison, Coordinator of the Environmental Management Program, UVSC
Moderator: Daniel Horns, Chair, Department of Earth Science
8:30‑9:45 a.m., Faculty Seminar Room (LC 243)

Session 2
Day One Keynote Address:
"Utah's Air Pollution: Should You Give Up & Move Out of State?"
Brian Moench, M.D. President, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment
Moderator: Jim Westwater, Chair, Utah Valley Sierra Forum
10‑11:15 a.m., Faculty Seminar Room (LC 243)

Session 3
"Public Health in the Post‑Petroleum Age"
Jean Arnold, Post Carbon Salt Lake
(See http://relocalize.net/groups/saltlake)
Moderator: Jim Westwater, Chair, Utah Valley Sierra Forum
11:30 a.m.‑12:45 p.m., Faculty Seminar Room (LC 243)

Session 4
"Nuclear Power Production in Utah²
(See http://www.energypublisher.com/article.asp?id=11618)
Utah State Representative Aaron Tilton (R‑Springville), Co‑Owner, Transition
Power Development
John Urgo, Outreach Director, Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah (HEAL
Utah)
Moderator: Jeff Torlina, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UVSC
1‑2:15 p.m., Faculty Seminar Room (LC 243)

Session 5
³Nuclear Waste Storage in the Great Basin²
Judy Treichel, Executive Director, Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force
Steve Frishman, Geologist, Nevada State Agency for Nuclear Projects
John Urgo, Outreach Director, Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah (HEAL
Utah)
Moderator: Jeff Torlina, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UVSC
2:30‑3:45 p.m., Faculty Seminar Room (LC 243)

April 2:

Session 1
³Overview of Environment Health Policy Issues²
Tim Wagner, Director, Utah Smart Energy Campaign of the Utah Sierra
Club
Moderator: Kathryn French, Professor of Psychology, UVSC
9‑9:50 a.m., SC 206B

Session 2
Presentation of Environmental Stewardship Award:
Jon Huntsman Jr., Governor, State of Utah
Signatory, Western Regional Climate Action Initiative
(See http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=1244181)
Presented by Elaine Englehardt, Special Assistant to the President, UVSC
Accepted by Cheryl Heying in behalf of Governor Huntsman

³Utah Climate Change Blue Ribbon Advisory Council and the Western Climate
Initiative²
Cheryl Heying, Air Quality Director, Utah Department of Environmental
Quality
Glade Sowards, Energy Program Coordinator, Utah Department of Environmental
Quality
10‑10:50 a.m., Faculty Seminar Room (LC 243)

Session 3
³Not in My Back Yard: Environmental Injustice and ŒCancer Alley¹²
David R. Keller, Chair, Environmental Studies Program, UVSC
Moderator: Connie Richardson, Student, Environmental Studies Program, UVSC
11‑11:50 a.m., Faculty Seminar Room (LC 243)

Session 4
³A Plague Called Man: The Stresses Man Puts on the Environment and What We
Can do to Create Sustainability²
Ron Tobler, Environmental Health Scientist and Infectious Control Program
Manager, Utah County Health Department in Environmental Health
Moderator: Mary Brown, Assistant Professor of Community Health, UVSC
12‑12:50 p.m., SC 206B

Session 5
³Why Justice Must be Ecojustice²
Michael Minch, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Moderator: Connie Richardson, Student, Environmental Studies Program, UVSC
1‑1:50 p.m., SC 206B

Session 6
³The Ethics and History of Open Air Nuclear Testing in the West Desert²
Manny Padro, Student, UVSC
Moderator: Jeff Torlina, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UVSC
2‑2:50 p.m., SC 206B

Session 7
³Tailpipe Emissions and Environmental Health Public Policy²
Marc Heileson, Southwest Regional Representative, Sierra Club
Moderator: Connie Richardson, Student, Environmental Studies Program, UVSC
3‑3:50 p.m., SC 206B

Session 8
Day Two Keynote Address:
³Coming Home from Going Crazy: Restoring Environmental Connectivity²
Chip Ward, Author and Environmental Activist
Moderator: Michael Minch, Director, Peace and Justice Studies Program, UVSC
7:00‑8:30 p.m., Faculty Seminar Room (LC 243)
(Cosponsored with the Peace and Justice Studies Program)

Sponsored by:
Center for the Study of Ethics
Environmental Studies Program

For more information contact

David Richard Keller, Ph.D.
Director, Center for the Study of Ethics
Utah Valley State College
801.863.6363
http://davidkeller.us/

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